AGARTALA, July 16 (TIWN): North Tripura is turned into a naroctics, arms smuggling hub due to regular influx of terrorist, and smugglers from Mizoram and Assa, also Tripura’s whole Damchara (Khanmun) area has become the hub for Banagldeshi, Bru Terrorists due to lack of check-post in Tripura-Mizoram border.TIWN correspondent visitied the smuggling corridor along Mizoram-Tripura border. There is a bridge over Longai River at Damchara via which Mizos are entering inside the state, but surprisingly after multiple attacks held in Tripura by Mizoram based L V Charki’s terrorist group, no inner state permit card was asked from Mizoram citizens before entering Tripura. As a result via Longai river bridge at Damchara the illegal arms, narcotics, equipments are being trasported in broad-day light into Tripura. This Longai River bridge is acting as the pathway for all kind of illegal activities by smuggler & terrorist elements. For Tripura citizens, atleast 3 Northeastern States ask for inner line permits in border check posts, but unfortunately Tripura although many times were attacked by Mizo, Bru terrorists but no steps for security is taken by the state Govt. Also there is no check-post set up yet at Damchara.

While 30^th Assam Rifles Btln, under P S Damchara at Dhalai Dist  nabbed 2 persons red-handed while circulating fake notes worths 1 lakh on July 20^th, and the criminals are connected with fake note racket between Assam-Mizoram and Tripura-Aizwal.

The two smugglers had been identified as Balaram Reang (29) and Hobender Reang (48).

They are new residents of Nepal Tilla under Dhalai District and Assam rifle Jawans recovered 1000 rupees notes worths Rs. 1 lakhs but all were fakes. Already case has been registered with Under Section 489/ C/ Damchara P S / Case No-12/16. They Reangs belong to Mizo based Bru.

Then a week back, 4 smugglers were captured from Mizoram-Silchar border, in allegation of sending drugs to Tripura & other Northeastern states.

Along with the arrested Police also recovered 8 syringes of drug samples, 102 blank syringes, 340 gram of brown sugar and Rs. 8,000/-.

The name of the 4 arrestees are : 1) Amanyaual (23), 2) Richard Lalbe Moughta (24), 3) Laldin Jera (24), 4) Mingchung Nanga (27).

Reportedly, a Silchar-Agartala train bearing number 05665 had reached till Panisagar at 5 PM on Thursday, via which they sent brown sugar to Tripura.  They were nabbed from BhajaBazar, Silchar-Mizoram Border areas. Allegedly this four young boys are engaged in sending drugs via a train on Thursday to Tripura.

North Tripura's border areas and Sonamura border (In Sepahijala Dist.) are turning as Islamic smuggler cum terrorist-hub as the border fences are frequently cut by smugglers in spite of BSF presence.

The Longai River is a trans-boundary border for India and Bangladesh. Tripura-Mizoram border region,  Jampui Hills areas are now becoming the corridor for Terrorists, drug smugglers.